The reality program Top Chef on Bravo has incorporated a segment on genealogy into one of their episodes. It is interesting to see mainstream television discover how much fun genealogy and family history is. The research for the show was conducted by Megan Smolenyak. You can read Marian Pierre-Louis' description of the process at http://rootsandrambles.blogspot.com/2011/03/top-chef-genealogist-megan-smolenyak.html
